LAS VEGAS – As popular as Guitar Hero and Rock Band are, the games elicit winces from some musicians who've taken the time to learn to play instruments rather than their plastic imitations.

Photo: Dave Einsel/Wired.com * Guitar Hero is turning some gamers into actual guitar players. With more than 14 million units sold in North America since the videogame's release in 2005 ...

Guitar Hero was easily one of the best things to happen ... Fortunately, the days of wired guitar controllers are over, at least for the PS2 (sorry 360 peeps, you'll be getting a wired guitar ...

Ten years after the introduction of the original Guitar Hero, Activision has announced ... Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman told analysts (via Wired), “The amount being paid to the music industry ...

A few minutes of unwrapping later, and I find that I've been sent a very nice gift: the Guitar Hero 3 demo kit. The kit comes with a wired Guitar Hero 3 guitar for the Xbox 360, the demo disc ...

UPDATE* Xbox Live's favorite, Major Nelson, reported back from X06 after trying out Red Octane's version of Guitar Hero for Xbox 360 ... for the X360 will be wired." The "initial" controller?

The game comes with a wired guitar, a drum set ... I'm happy to report that the wireless Guitar Hero 3 controller works perfectly with Rock Band; the game recognized the controller instantly.

The guitar bundle for the game includes the Xbox 360 X-plorer guitar from Guitar Hero II, the wired one with the goofy strap setup. The guitar itself is fine, but considering that every other ...

November 12 is the estimated Guitar Hero III ship date for Aspyr's computer-eating port, coming with an Xplorer wired guitar for $79.99.

World Tour will be the first Guitar Hero game for the PC that will include a wireless guitar. However, this doesn’t mean that the included wired guitar from the PC version of Guitar Hero III won ...

A Twitch streamer pits themselves against an intense Guitar Hero challenge and while reacting ... but both include Hall Effect analog navigation sticks, wired and wireless functionality, RGB ...